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Do You Think That the Military Created the Internet?

Darpa was a pentagon operation that later went on to become even more represented by its military side. It led the first ederation of windows and basically created personal computing in some ways. So how did all these different interests work together? And, you know, is there anything to this broader conspiracy belief that you hear sometimes, that,. you know, the military created the internet with some sort of a nefarious intent to control people?"

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Speaker 3

That

Speaker 2

was my main thing of like the thing that I'm really struggling with here is how hungry I am, but I can't say that. And when they were bringing food in occasionally, Penny didn't want it, but I didn't feel like I could say, can I have that?

Speaker 1

Leave that.

Speaker 2

She probably wouldn't have liked the smell as well. You're so hypersensitive. Yeah, so it's like, no, no, don't worry, I don't need that. But then I think at one point I said, I might just go to the toilet. Shotgun a sandwich. Just

Speaker 4

deep throat in the subway. Probably could have used a better term. No,

Speaker 2

but the visual was no. And she said, yeah, just because she had it totally in there. And I said, I might use a different one. I just want it just in case. It's just like you need to go in there. And I have sprinted so fast down the hospital hall to the cafeteria and then got there and realised how much I wanted it to be a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. I said, how long will that take? It's about five minutes. And I went, okay, I'm going to wait. Oh, I love it. This is a classic here. Is it a detail I've never heard before? No, just Penny. She's here in the first

Speaker 3

time as well.

Speaker 2

And I thought, well, I am actually quite tired. I have had coffee in ages, so I will get a coffee as well. So I got a coffee as well. I might have him in, actually. Did you say

Speaker 3

it, Tag?

Speaker 1

Thank you.

Speaker 2

actually. And I, and I had this toasted sandwich and it was the most wonderful, most wonderful toasted sandwich.

Speaker 4

Yeah. Well, you were going through something pretty tough. People

Speaker 1

usually talk about the first meal they have after giving birth, but let's hear more about it.

Speaker 4

I ran back in

Speaker 2

and I was like, of course Penny wouldn't have noticed how long I was going for it. Her dad was there. He sort of took over the duty. She had that, what was that thing that people, we didn't do it for the second or third. It's like you put it on your back and it gives you electric shocks.